Re: See Gogin In CHARMED - Sunday Evening

[Guest guest]

How self indulgent and self promoting..

Mr Gogin...you talk in 3rd person to promote yourself under your own screen

name...?

For 5 minutes of you as a Gnome on the WB....?

I can hardly wait....

[Guest guest]

I was somewhat suprised and impressed by Mr. Gogin acting ability.

I thought his characters point of reference was quite inspiring and

as an actor he was quite good. What is the point of your disappoval?

Why can't we celebrate together Mr. Gogin's success?

I'm looking to understand this entire point of disappoval/advocacy

for dwarf related acting jobs. Why is ego such a bad thing in the

dwarf community? Shouldn't we celerbate together a healthy dose of

self impression? Better that taking ones own life as seems so

prevelant among the dwarf community I say.

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> How self indulgent and self promoting..

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> Mr Gogin...you talk in 3rd person to promote yourself under your

own screen

> name...?

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> For 5 minutes of you as a Gnome on the WB....?

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> I can hardly wait....

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[Guest guest]

Someone always has to cut down others in here, man I can cut the

jealousy with a knife.

-- In dwarfism , GlassSlipperFitz@a... wrote:

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> How self indulgent and self promoting..

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> Mr Gogin...you talk in 3rd person to promote yourself under your

own screen

> name...?

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> For 5 minutes of you as a Gnome on the WB....?

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> I can hardly wait....

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/16/04 11:34:31 AM, johnjohnshort@... writes:

> Better that taking ones own life as seems so

> prevelant among the dwarf community I say.

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You may say suicide is " prevalent " but statistics within LPA show that to be

inaccurate.

[Guest guest]

I saw this post a few days ago and was thrilled to see that an LP has taken such

an interesting acting job.

Way to go!

How many of you can say that you've acted on such a big network as the WB, and

such a popular show as Charmed?

I've noticed...maybe this is just me...

but the rolls are getting better and better...I don't like hearing the M word

anymore than anybody else does, but I feel that I am honestly hearing it less

and less...and getting treated just a little bit better. Instead of get mad, I

just say hi, and let people ask their questions. I tell them that I personally

prefer the term " little person " . Just get out there, do your own thing, and

inform people along the way. We're not the only one's who get treated badly

also...

Just thought I'd put some things out to think about. Thanks!

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Re: See Gogin In CHARMED - Sunday Evening

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> I was somewhat suprised and impressed by Mr. Gogin acting ability.

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> I thought his characters point of reference was quite inspiring

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> as an actor he was quite good. What is the point of your disappoval?

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> Why can't we celebrate together Mr. Gogin's success?

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> I'm looking to understand this entire point of disappoval/advocacy

> for dwarf related acting jobs. Why is ego such a bad thing in

> the

> dwarf community? Shouldn't we celerbate together a healthy dose of

> self impression? Better that taking ones own life as seems so

> prevelant among the dwarf community I say.

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> > How self indulgent and self promoting..

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> > Mr Gogin...you talk in 3rd person to promote yourself under your

> own screen

> > name...?

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> > For 5 minutes of you as a Gnome on the WB....?

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> > I can hardly wait....

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[Guest guest]

BC ppl are jealous and cant act themsleves, they feel us 'midgets'

should be self rightgous and pure in order to take a role and when we

dun we are evil, thats how it is in the LP world, from what i have

gotten in emails!

It may be not my choice of role, but again when is a 'regular role '

gonna ask for someone to pick an LP? and then they never say

anything about fat, black or other types of roles being played as

lesse roles, what a hypocrisy!

Bon

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> > How self indulgent and self promoting..

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> > Mr Gogin...you talk in 3rd person to promote yourself under your

> own screen

> > name...?

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> > For 5 minutes of you as a Gnome on the WB....?

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> > I can hardly wait....

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[Guest guest]

Are we forgetting there are also a lot of AP actors out there who take on

unflattering, demeaning, and tasteless roles just to be seen on the screen?

If an LP wants to be an actor then let him/her. Id much rather see them on

Charmed than on Jerry Springer flinging themselves into a wedding

cake....(anyone but me remember that one?) Are we to dismiss the significance

of Oz, The

Wizard,...or the show years ago I sw where Montgomery ran away from a

less than happy homelife and joined a circus where she fell in love iwht an

achon who was a clown? It wasnt a funny show....

Apryl

[Guest guest]

A lot of assumptions here...

People are jealous? Disappointed, sad, and exasperated are probably closer.

Most LPs who despise the derogatory roles other LPs choose to take have no

desire to " act " themselves. They would just like to be able to turn on a TV or

go to a movie and see an LP " acting " in a role that is more representative of

the 99.99 percent of us not in the entertainment industry (i.e. doctors,

engineers, teachers, welders, secretaries, janitors, accountants...vs...clowns,

leprechauns, gnomes, aliens, elves, etc.)

People can't act? I know an individual from my district who is a classically

trained Shakespearean actor, worked for a professional theatre company, and

refused to take any role that he felt was derogatory or insulting to little

people. He felt anger to those who took those roles. And it certainly wasn't

because he couldn't act. Sure, it cost him some jobs, and he never got rich. He

just wouldn't compromise his values.

My point is, I think it is idiotic to assume that if people take offense to

derogatory or demeaning roles LPs routinely get cast for, then jealousy must be

at play. Last I heard, most anti-drug crusaders weren't jealous because they

couldn't afford to buy crack; and most feminist don't hate strip clubs because

they have no boobs. It's about values.

Now personally, I don't really have an issue with people who take on roles

others may find derogatory. Most of the work that comes out Hollywood is

plastic, insulting or completely stupid anyway, regardless of one's race, gender

or size. If someone wants to put on an elf suit to earn a living, I guess

that's better than welfare. It would be nice, however, if one day LPs weren't

considered such an oddity, than being a dwarf wasn't the reason to get acting

jobs...LPs got hired for their acting ability.

-Bill

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BC ppl are jealous and cant act themsleves, they feel us 'midgets'

should be self rightgous and pure in order to take a role and when we

dun we are evil, thats how it is in the LP world, from what i have

gotten in emails!

It may be not my choice of role, but again when is a 'regular role '

gonna ask for someone to pick an LP? and then they never say

anything about fat, black or other types of roles being played as

lesse roles, what a hypocrisy!

Bon

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> > How self indulgent and self promoting..

> >

> > Mr Gogin...you talk in 3rd person to promote yourself under your

> own screen

> > name...?

> >

> > For 5 minutes of you as a Gnome on the WB....?

> >

> > I can hardly wait....

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